On Sun, 2008-10-19 at 18:31 -0400, barclay982 wrote: > i have not even got the the point of executing xwindows, i only get > out of the bios, into lilo or the like, how do i get to the xwindows > settings from lilo? Are you actually using lilo? GRUB's the default with Fedora, and if you are using it, you can hit the "e" key when the menu appears to temporarily edit how the computer will boot. 1. e to edit the menu 2. cursor down to the cursor line 3. e to edit that line, append a blank space and the number 3 to the end of the line 4. enter 5. enter (it should now boot in text-only mode) 6. log in as root 7. run "system-config-display --reconfig" 8. reconfigure your display 9. repeat from step 7, configuring differently if it fails 10. run "telinit 5", when you succeed, to continue on into graphical mode. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines